Cheesecake is a dessert made with a soft fresh cheese, eggs, and sugar. It may have a crust or base made from crushed cookies, graham crackers, pastry, or sometimes sponge cake. Cheesecake may be baked or unbaked, and is usually refrigerated.
Baked cheesecake topped with raspberries
South African rose cheesecake
Soufflé-style Japanese cheesecake
New York–style cheesecake
Dessert is a course that concludes a meal. The course consists of sweet foods, such as cake, biscuit, ice cream and possibly a beverage such as dessert wine and liqueur. Some cultures sweeten foods that are more commonly savory to create desserts. In some parts of the world there is no tradition of a dessert course to conclude a meal.
Various desserts, including numerous varieties of cake, biscuits and pies
The spread of sugarcane from ancient India to the world
German chocolate cake, a layered cake filled and topped with a coconut-pecan frosting
Valentine's Day chocolates